A Tubular Vacation
You arrive at the tropical island and decide to try your hand (and feet) at surfing. You rent a surfboard and paddle out into the ocean, only to find that surfing is really, really hard. Try as you might, you can't get the hang ten of it.
As you're heading back to the hotel exhausted and defeated, a tall man with dark hair and darker sunglasses beckons to you from the shadows. "Duuuude.... duuude." He whispers. "I can totally teach you how to surf. Excellent!"
You follow him to a small shack by the beach. He teaches you to understand that the beach and the waves are all created in your mind, that you're not really breathing air, and that you know kung fu. You learn how to see the reality of the world that has been pulled over your eyes.
And of course, you use those godlike powers to be the best surfer ever. The next day, you're not only shooting the curl and gleaming the cube, but at times you're surfing three or four feet above the waves. And occasionally surfing along the beach.
Whoah.
 | You lose 3 Adventures. |
 | You spent 500 Meat. |
| You gain X Magicalness. |
 | You acquire an item: Shore Inc. Ship Trip Scrip |
Occurs at Tropical Paradise Island Getaway.
Notes
- Stats gained from this adventure are based on your level.
- When wearing a lucky Crimbo tiki necklace, the following is appended to the adventure text:
- Suddenly, your board gets caught in the undertow! You fall off and are sucked beneath the waves. In the water, you'd swear you saw an evil green glow coming from your tiki necklace. You surface and swim to shore, your heart pounding in your chest.
You gain X/2 Beefiness.
- Suddenly, your board gets caught in the undertow! You fall off and are sucked beneath the waves. In the water, you'd swear you saw an evil green glow coming from your tiki necklace. You surface and swim to shore, your heart pounding in your chest.
References
- The man with dark hair and darker sunglasses refers to actor Keanu Reeves, in his roles in the 1999 movie The Matrix, in which the reality of the world is questioned, and he uses kung fu and says "Whoah"; the 1991 movie Point Break, in which he plays a surfer; and the 1989 movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, in which he says "Duuuuuuude", "Excellent" and "Whoah" a lot.
- Gleaming the Cube was a 1989 movie starring Christian Slater as a skateboarder.
- The tiki necklace text refers to the "Hawaii Bound" episode of The Brady Bunch, where an ancient tiki bringing bad luck causes Greg to get into a surfing accident.
